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Carlos Andrés Mora González
Carlos Andrés Mora González

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Mac OS 2025

#webdev #programming #macos

Hi

If you are a pro just click here Mac Setup for Web Development [2025]

1. First Install homebrew 

# paste in terminal and follow the instructions
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
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optional update your stuff

brew update
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2. Second install some GUI applications 

brew install visual-studio-code
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3. Second install some terminal applications 

brew install \
  wget \
  git \
  nvm \
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4. Config your git

*Change "Your Name" and "you@your-domain.com" with your information
*

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "you@your-domain.com"
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5. Config your nvm

Add nvm to your path

echo "source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh" >> ~/.zshrc
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Refresh your terminal

source ~/.zshrc
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6. Install Node 

nvm install --lts
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And you are ready to code :). If you need to go further you can read this:

How to Set up a Mac for Development

If you are trying to make Mobile apps with react native, you will need to install XCode with appstore... so... maybe you will need to update your system

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